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Turns Out Spoofing Isn’t Harder To Prove Than Racketeering
Prosecutors can save themselves the trouble going forward.
Prosecutors Pretty Sure You Can’t Lose Your Banks $10 Billion Legally
Which is bad news for Bill Hwang and the Archegos crew.
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Prosecutors Spoof Spoofer Into Guilty Plea For Spoofing
For once, things go according to plan for the DoJ.
Justice Dept. Extracts New Promise From Bank Not To Break The Law As Punishment For Failure To Live Up To Old Promise Not To Break The Law
Violate your DPA, pay a $35 million fine, etc. etc.
Gary Gensler To Do More In First Months Than Jay Clayton Did In Four Years
The little regulator that could has 10b5-1 plans, SPACs, Twitter, accounting and chief compliance officers in his sights.
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Probation Officials: Sure, Spoofing Is Illegal, But, Like, Not That Illegal
Certainly not prison illegal, really, if you think about it.
Credit Suisse Basically Headquartered In Court These Days
It’s not like the bank’s got other pressing issues it needs to deal with now, right?
Would Like To Pay $40 Less Per Ton Of Oil? Ex-Glencore Trader Allegedly Can Show You How
If there’s a benchmark, someone is trying (and probably succeeding) at manipulating it.
Judges Say Prosecutors Can Spoof Spoofing Probes
At least, they say no one can question whether they’re doing it, which is just as good.
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Did Kyle Bass Go A Little Too Far In Trashing Fraudulent REIT?
I mean, the SEC is grateful for his help, but did he have to use the words “Ponzi scheme”?
Traders Go On Honor System To Not Insider Trade, Manipulate Markets
Take good notes, boys and girls.
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Banks Allegedly Rigged Sovereign Bonds, Because They Exist
Admit it: You’d almost be disappointed if they hadn’t.
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Guy On Supervised Release Gets Caught For Doing The Thing He Was Being Supervised For Five Years After Being On Supervised Release
The wheels of justice are slow and sometimes require a blog’s help, but, well, whatever.
Winklevii Doing Everything They Can To Suck The Fun Out Of Bitcoins
Do your metaphorical manipulation of your metaphorical currencies on another metaphorical exchange.
On Second Thought, Accused MF Global Market Manipulator Would Just As Soon Not Go To Trial
Joe Welsh has thought about it and is gonna go for the settlement.